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The Montreal Canadiens 2006-07 Season saw the team working to build on a 2005-06 season in which it took the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes to six games in the first round of the playoffs. Behind the leadership of goaltender Cristobal Huet and captain Saku Koivu, the Canadiens poised themselves to join the elite of the Eastern Conference.

The Canadiens were only minimally active in offseason transactions, with forwards Sergei Samsonov and Mike Johnson and defenceman Janne Niinimaa representing the only additions. Forwards Jan Bulis, Richard Zednik and Mike Ribeiro moved to other teams: Bulis via free agency to Vancouver, Zednik via a trade to Washington, and Ribeiro via a trade to Dallas (for Niinimaa).

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Sheldon Souray had been voted by the fans to start at defence in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Northeast Division GP W L OTL GF GA PTS
Buffalo Sabres 75 48 20 7 260 205 103
Ottawa Senators 76 45 23 8 241 193 98
Toronto Maple Leafs 75 36 29 10 219 227 82
Montreal Canadiens 76 35 30 6 208 223 84
Boston Bruins 75 34 35 6 198 241 74

As of March 26, 2007. For current standings, see 2006-07 NHL season

Game log

October

Record for month 6-2-3 (Home 3-1-2 Away 3-1-1)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
1 October 6 Montreal 4 - 5 Buffalo SO Huet 18,690 0-0-1 1
2 October 7 Montreal 3 - 2 Toronto SO Aebischer 19,353 1-0-1 3
3 October 11 Montreal 3 - 1 Philadelphia Aebischer 19,256 2-0-1 5
4 October 14 Ottawa 3 - 2 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 2-0-2 6
5 October 17 Calgary 4 - 5 Montreal Huet 21,273 3-0-2 8
6 October 18 Montreal 1 - 2 Chicago Aebischer 11,095 3-1-2 8
7 October 21 Colorado 5 - 8 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 4-1-2 10
8 October 23 Buffalo 4 - 1 Montreal Huet 21,273 4-2-2 10
9 October 26 Montreal 3 - 2 Boston Huet 13,920 5-2-2 12
10 October 28 Toronto 5 - 4 Montreal SO Aebischer 21,273 5-2-3 13
11 October 31 Ottawa 2 - 4 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 6-2-3 15

November

Record for Month 8-5-0 (Home 4-2-0 Away 4-3-0)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
12 November 2 Montreal 4 - 0 Carolina Huet 16,486 7-2-3 17
13 November 4 New Jersey 2 - 1 Montreal Huet 21,273 7-3-3 17
14 November 7 Edmonton 2 - 3 Montreal SO Aebischer 21,273 8-3-3 19
15 November 11 Montreal 1 - 5 Toronto Aebischer 19,501 8-4-3 19
16 November 13 Montreal 6 - 3 Ottawa Huet 20,051 9-4-3 21
17 November 15 Montreal 3 - 1 Tampa Bay Huet 19,920 10-4-3 23
18 November 16 Montreal 4 - 2 Florida Aebischer 13,506 10-5-3 23
19 November 18 Atlanta 1 - 3 Montreal Huet 21,273 11-5-3 25
20 November 22 Minnesota 2 - 4 Montreal Huet 21,273 12-5-3 27
21 November 24 Montreal 2 - 1 Buffalo OT Huet 18,690 13-5-3 29
22 November 25 Philadelphia 4 - 2 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 13-6-3 29
23 November 28 Florida 0 - 1 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 14-6-3 31
24 November 30 Montreal 2 - 4 Carolina Huet 13,103 14-7-3 31

December

Record for Month 8-4-2 (Home 5-1-1 Away 3-3-1)

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
25 December 2 Toronto 3 - 4 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 15-7-3 33
26 December 4 Boston 6 - 5 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 15-8-3 33
27 December 6 Montreal 1 - 2 New Jersey OT Aebischer 10,986 15-8-4 34
28 December 7 Montreal 4 - 2 NY Islanders Huet 9,551 16-8-4 36
29 December 9 Buffalo 3 - 2 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 16-8-5 37
30 December 12 Boston 4 - 3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 17-8-5 39
31 December 14 Tampa Bay 2 - 4 Montreal Huet 21,273 18-8-5 41
32 December 16 Pittsburgh 3 - 6 Montreal Huet 21,273 19-8-5 43
33 December 19 Montreal 5 - 2 Buffalo Huet 18,690 20-8-5 45
34 December 21 Philadelphia 2 - 4 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 21-8-5 47
35 December 23 Montreal 2 - 4 Boston Huet 17,565 21-9-5 47
36 December 27 Montreal 4 - 1 Washington Huet 15,609 22-9-5 49
37 December 29 Montreal 1 - 3 Florida Huet 19,772 22-10-5 49
38 December 30 Montreal 1 - 3 Tampa Bay Huet 21,120 22-11-5 49

January

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
39 January 2 Tampa Bay 2 - 5 Montreal Huet 21,273 23-11-5 51
40 January 4 Montreal 1 - 5 Washington Huet 11,287 23-12-5 51
41 January 6 NY Rangers 4 - 3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 23-13-5 51
42 January 7 New Jersey 3 - 0 Montreal Huet 21,273 23-14-5 51
43 January 9 Atlanta 2 - 4 Montreal Huet 21,273 24-14-5 53
44 January 9 Montreal 4 - 2 Philadelphia Aebischer 19,411 25-14-5 55
45 January 13 Montreal 3 - 8 Ottawa Huet 20,038 25-15-5 55
46 January 15 Montreal 0 - 2 Detroit Aebischer 20,066 25-16-5 55
47 January 16 Vancouver 4 - 0 Montreal Huet 21,273 25-17-5 55
48 January 18 Montreal 4 - 1 Atlanta Huet 14,025 26-17-5 57
49 January 20 Buffalo 3 - 4 Montreal Huet 21,273 27-17-5 59
50 January 27 Montreal 1 - 4 Toronto Huet 19,508 27-18-5 59
51 January 29 Ottawa 1 - 3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 28-18-5 61

February

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
52 February 1 Montreal 4 - 5 Pittsburgh SO Aebischer 17,132 28-18-6 62
53 February 3 NY Islanders 4 - 2 Montreal Huet 21,273 28-19-6 62
54 February 4 Pittsburgh 3 - 4 Montreal OT Aebischer 21,273 29-19-6 64
55 February 6 Carolina 2 - 1 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 29-20-6 64
56 February 8 Montreal 1 - 4 Ottawa Huet 19,915 29-21-6 64
57 February 10 Ottawa 5 - 3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 29-22-6 64
58 February 13 Florida 1 - 0 Montreal Huet 21,273 29-23-6 64
59 February 14 Montreal 2 - 5 New Jersey Huet 7,515 29-24-6 64
60 February 17 Carolina 5 - 3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 29-25-6 64
61 February 18 Montreal 3 - 2 Columbus Halak 16,116 30-25-6 66
62 February 20 Washington 3 - 5 Montreal Halak 21,273 31-25-6 68
63 February 22 Montreal 6 - 5 Nashville SO Halak 15,808 32-25-6 70
64 February 24 Montreal 2 - 3 NY Islanders Halak 16,234 32-26-6 70
65 February 26 Toronto 5 - 4 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 33-26-6 72
66 February 27 Montreal 0 - 4 NY Rangers Halak 18,200 33-27-6 72

March

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
67 March 2 Montreal 5 - 8 Buffalo Aebischer 18,690 33-28-6 72
68 March 3 Montreal 1 - 3 Boston Halak 17,565 33-29-6 72
69 March 8 Montreal 2 - 6 Atlanta Halak 14,528 33-30-6 72
70 March 10 Montreal 4 - 3 St. Louis Aebischer 19,421 34-30-6 74
71 March 13 NY Islanders 5 - 3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 35-30-6 76


  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Season Stats

Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Saku Koivu 70 18 40 58 -20 70
Sheldon Souray 70 23 34 57 -20 127
Michael Ryder 71 23 24 47 -27 54
Alexei Kovalev 63 14 28 42 -9 76
Tomas Plekanec 70 17 23 40 10 34

as of March 14, 2007

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP TOI W L OT GA SO Sv% GAA
Cristobal Huet 40 2210 19 15 3 101 2 .918 2.74
David Aebischer 31 1701 13 11 3 88 0 .902 3.11
Jaroslav Halak 7 388 3 4 0 24 0 .874 3.71

as of March 14, 2007

Transactions

Trades

July 12, 2006 To Washington Capitals
Richard Zednik 		To Montreal Canadiens
3rd round pick in 2007
July 12, 2006 To Phoenix Coyotes
4th round pick in 2007 		To Montreal Canadiens
Mike Johnson
September 30, 2006 To Dallas Stars
Mike Ribeiro
6th round pick in 2008 		To Montreal Canadiens
Janne Niinimaa
5th round pick in 2007
December 15, 2006 To San Jose Sharks
Patrick Traverse 		To Montreal Canadiens
Mathieu Biron
February 25, 2007 To San Jose Sharks
Craig Rivet
5th round pick in 2008 		To Montreal Canadiens
Josh Gorges
1st round pick in 2007

Free Agents Acquired

Player Former Team
F Sergei Samsonov Edmonton Oilers

Free Agents Lost

Player Current Team
F Jan Bulis Vancouver Canucks

Claimed Off Waivers

Player Former Team Date
G Michael Leighton Philadelphia Flyers February 27

Draft Picks

Montreal's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2] The Canadiens had the 16th overall draft pick, which they traded to the San Jose Sharks for the 20th and 53rd overall picks.

Round # Player Nationality NHL Team College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 20 David Fischer (D)  United States Montreal Canadiens (from San Jose) Apple Valley High School (MSHSL)
2 49 Ben Maxwell (C)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Kootenay (WHL)
2 53 Mathieu Carle (D)  Canada Montreal Canadiens (from San Jose) Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
3 66 Ryan White (C)  Canada Montreal Canadiens (from Chicago) Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5 139 Pavel Valentenko (D)  Russia Montreal Canadiens Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russian Superleague)
7 199 Cameron Cepek (D)  United States Montreal Canadiens Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=9182
  2. ^ 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results[1] - accessed January 4th, 2007

Updated December 19, 2024[1][2]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
17 Canada Josh Anderson RW R 30 2020 Burlington, Ontario
40 Finland Joel Armia RW R 31 2018 Pori, Finland
45 Canada Alexandre Carrier D R 28 2024 Quebec City, Quebec
13 United States Cole Caufield RW R 23 2019 Mosinee, Wisconsin
77 Canada Kirby Dach C R 23 2022 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
28 United States Christian Dvorak C L 28 2021 Palos, Illinois
71 Canada Jake Evans C R 28 2014 Toronto, Ontario
11 Canada Brendan Gallagher (A) RW R 32 2010 Edmonton, Alberta
21 Canada Kaiden Guhle D L 22 2020 Edmonton, Alberta
51 Sweden Emil Heineman LW L 23 2022 Leksand, Sweden
48 United States Lane Hutson D L 20 2022 Holland, Michigan
92 Finland Patrik Laine RW R 26 2024 Tampere, Finland
8 Canada Mike Matheson (A) D L 30 2022 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
35 Canada Sam Montembeault G L 28 2021 Bécancour, Quebec
15 Canada Alex Newhook C L 23 2023 St. John's, Newfoundland
55 Canada Michael Pezzetta LW L 26 2016 Toronto, Ontario
31 Canada Carey Price Injured Reserve G L 37 2005 Anahim Lake, British Columbia
30 United States Cayden Primeau G L 25 2017 Farmington Hills, Michigan
58 Canada David Savard D R 34 2021 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
20 Slovakia Juraj Slafkovsky LW L 20 2022 Košice, Slovakia
47 United States Jayden Struble D L 23 2019 Cumberland, Rhode Island
14 Canada Nick Suzuki (C) C R 25 2018 London, Ontario
72 Canada Arber Xhekaj D L 23 2021 Hamilton, Ontario
  1. ^ "Montreal Canadiens Roster". Montreal Canadiens. Retrieved December 19, 2024 – via NHL.com.
  2. ^ "Montreal Canadiens Hockey Transactions". TSN. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
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